Virus czar: We cannot continue easing restrictions without 50,000 tests a day

Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu warns ministers it will be impossible to continue easing restrictions if a daily test rate of 50,000 cannot be maintained.

Gamzu says though Israel currently has the capacity for 70,000 daily tests, the number of people applying for tests has dropped off in recent days, standing at some 40,000.

“The problem is a lack of response and will by the public to be tested,” he says.

Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu at the Jerusalem Municipality on October 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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